Scraper



J. DAVY. SGRAPEE (No Model No. 508,685. Patfintad Ham M, 1893 UNITED STATES PATE T 1 OFFICE.

ERNEST J. DA VY, F KENOSHA, WISCONSIN SCRAPER.

SPECIFIGATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,685, dated November 14, 1.893. "lication filed February 13 1893. Serial No. 462,194. (No model To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST J. DAVY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kenosha, in the county of Ken'osha and State of VVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Scrapers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the kind of scrapers adapted for use, in excavating, with the class of excavating apparatus to which belongs that set forth in Letters Patent to William Davy, No. 478,254, dated July 5, 1892, for a sewerrexcavating apparatus.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved scraper;

and Fig. 2 is a broken sectional view, showmg a detailof construction, the section being taken at the line 2 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

. be provided a handle 0 for guid ng A is the body of the scraper, which is best formed, with the arched hood or cover B, of

sheet-metal and preferabl yin one piece, bent to form the side 1', hood or cover B, side r and fiat base g, which may be joined along one edge to the adjacent edge of the side 1'. The front endof the scraper is open, while the rear end is closed, as by a back 19, suitably fastened lll place, and on which should purposes. On the front edge of the base is secured a cutter-plate (J, sharpened along its forward edge to adapt it to cut the soil readily, and bent, toward its opposite ends, to right-angles to fit over. the outer surfaces of the sides r and r, near the forward end of the scraper-body, at which points the cutter plate is secured, as by riveting. The intermediate portion of the cutter-plate 0 extends along the und r surface of the,base q, to which it is secured, also preferably by riveting, the rivets so also serving to fasten in place the rear ends of teeth 0, which are further riveted, as at 'r, to the plate 0. Theteeth O'should be bent lengthwise to fit against the flush upper surfaces of the plate 0 and base q, and to extend at the bases of their forward end-portions, which project beyond the forward edge of the plate 0, flush with the base -of the latter, all as shown, whereby a firm support is afforded for the teeth, and they and the plate 0 form a smooth cutting-medium for the soil to be loosened thereby prior to being crowded into the body A. D is a combined hanger and latch device, comprising an approximately U-shaped bar it extending transversely across the rear portion of the scraper-body, and pivotally connected, at its ends, with the sides randr; ,a bar m rigidly fastened'ht one end to the bar it to extend forward therefrom length-wise of the scraper-body, and to which a suitable hanger-loop 10 should be adj ustably fastened atone of the several openings 2?; and an ap proximately U-shaped bar Z pivotally connectcd near its center with the forward end of the bar m, and having hook-shaped extremities, whereby the depending arms'of the bar form latches l to engage catches l? fastened in properposition to the outer surfaces of the sides r and r of the scraper-body. From the barZ I extend an arm h at which to connect a rope, cable, or the like for tripping the latch as and for the purpose hereinafter described. y

E is a spacer-bar, which extends between and holds apart the draft-arms'g pivotally fastened to the inner sides of the scraperbody; and I also provide on the rear end of the base 1 a roller f which serves, as one of its functions, to tip, slightly, the scraper to- So ward its forward cutting edge, and, as another of its functions, tofcau se the scraper to ride the more easily on the surface of the ground. The roller fis further advantageous in. enabling the draft points non the scraperbody to be placed quitef low thereon,-.thereby to afford a better draft; since it' induces both the desirable slight forwarfd tipping of the scraperand smooth riding 'of the base of the scraper on the ground; I To operate my improved scraper, the power (horse, or engine) isapplied to the draft-arms 9 through themedium of cable (not shown) fastened at one'end to the eyes in the outer ends of the. arms 9, the scraper being suspended at its hanger on a suitable support. The draft actuates thescraper to first loosen the soil and till itfinto'thecovered scraperbody, whentlie'loaded suspended scraper is directed to ,a point at ,which its load is to be dumped. 0n reaching that point,a pull on theja'rm. ih against its controlling spring h turns the bar I, to disengage the latches 1 from the catches Z whereupon the scraper hody, being supported only'atits rear on the ournal-ends (it the bar '11, tilts forward and discharges its contents, (the draft-cable havingmeantime been slackcncd.)

The covered scraper prevents loss of any portion of the load; and the construction, moreover, ntlords a simple, comparatively inexpensive, and reliably operative, scraper for excavating purposes. 7

What I claim as new, and .desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a scraper, the combination with the body having a forward cuttingedge, of a combined hanger and latch dcviceD, comprising the barn/pivoted to the opposite sides of the scrapenbody to the rear of its transverse center, a bar m, at, which the scraper is suspended, rigidly fastened at one end to the bar 11 and extending forward therefrom, and a bar l'pivotally connected with the forward end of the bar on and having, latches l, and catches I? on the sides of the body in position to be engaged by the said latches, substantially as described,

2. A scraper comprising, in combination, a body A formed of sheet-metal with a. base q, sides 1 and r, a hoodor cover l3 and abaclcp provided with a. suitable guide'handle, and provided on the forward edge of the base with 30 a cntterb ar (J carrying teeth 0, a rollerfon the base q, a draft-bar E extending between pivotal arms 9 on the sides of the body, catches If on the said'sidcs, and a combined hanger and latch device D, comprisimr a; bar n piv- 35 oted to the opposite sides at to rear of the I scraper-body, a bar m, at which the scraper is suspended, rigidly fastened at one end to A the bar it and extending forward therefrom, and a bar Z pivotally connected with the for-, c v ward end of the bar m and having latches to' engage the catches Z and provided with trip-arm h, the whole being constrncted and 1 arranged to operate substantially as de scribed.

ERNEST 3. DAVY.

- in presence o- M. J. FROST, V

W. N. WILLIAMS, 

